An 85-year old Chicago Heights man wrote a holiday check for $10. But he later found out it was cashed for $9,500. He believes he was the victim of mail theft.
Chicago Heights resident Don Turnow holds a photocopy of an altered version of a check he had written for $10 that was inflated to $9,500. He has since closed that account.
Tornow, 85, said he believes he was the victim of mail theft, because he sent three checks, including the $10 one, at the same time. The two other checks, for his water and gas bills, were never cashed and Tornow later voided them. Tornow says he is at a loss to explain how his $10 check was altered to show an amount approaching $10,000 and that police have told him they’re not entirely sure what happened.Tornow said that, with the help of Chicago Heights police, he was able to get the $9,500 returned to his account in early March. He said he learned, through police, the check was cashed at a bank other than Chase.
It was not clear whether the news carrier got the $10 check, and Tornow wonders if it was stolen from a mailbox.Mailboxes in front of the Chicago Heights post office in 2019, when the United States Postal Inspection Service investigated a series of thefts from mail collection boxes in Chicago Heights. According to an employee from one business, the store's mail was compromised after being dropped off at these boxes.
Thefts of mail at collection points outside post offices in the Chicago suburbs have resulted in investigations by postal authorities in recent months.from mail collection points in Chicago Heights, including those in front of the post office. Thefts of mail containing checks have occurred in other Chicago suburbs, according to an investigation by theThe report showed numerous instances of checks mailed from the Park Ridge post office that had been intercepted, altered and cashed by people who were not the intended recipients.
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